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Sharjah schools can hold only one exam per day: Ruler's directive Web report/Sharjah KT file photo used for illustrative purposes A mother aired a complaint after seeing how her child had to study for two exams in one day. No school in Sharjah is allowed to conduct two exams in one day, the authorities have said after a complaint from a parent reached His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of the Emirate. Seeing how her child was struggling to study for two exams scheduled on one day, Umm Mohammed requested that the Sharjah Ruler urgently...

Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s Agthia Group – one of the largest F&B businesses in the region – recorded ‘normalised’ net profits of Dh117 million for 2020. This excludes the Dh82 million in one-off gains the group recorded in the first nine months as part of a “strategic review”. Last year saw major changes within Agthia, which bought businesses in Kuwait and Jordan, and merged Al Foah, the world’s largest date processing company, into its fold. 16.5fils Dividend proposed by Agthia Board for 2020, which is a 10% increase on 2019. Dividends will now be paid semi-annually Revenues...

UAE: Tenant steals 12 air conditioners from villa; landlord sues for Dh100,000 Web report/Abu Dhabi Photo (for illustrative purposes): Reuters The tenant had stolen the aluminium from the staircase of the villa as well. An Abu Dhabi landlord filed a lawsuit demanding that a tenant pay Dh100,000 as compensation for stealing 12 split-unit air conditioners as well as aluminium staircase bannisters from a villa belonging to the owner. According to a report on Al Bayan, the complainant indicated in his lawsuit that the defendant stole the items while moving out from the property. The Abu Dhabi Cri...

Agthia Group posts net profit of $9.39m ABU DHABI, 25 days ago Agthia Group, a leading regional food and beverages company, announced that the group’s net revenue reached AED2.06 billion in 2020, which is equivalent to 1.1% y-o-y growth compared to the same period last year.   The group’s net profit came in at AED34.5 million ($9.39 million). Normalised net profit of AED117 million excludes the aggregate AED82 million one-offs recorded in the first 9 months, post the strategic review exercise with the ultimate aim of improving the quality of earnings and positioning the Group for lon...

Saudi Arabia denies rumours circulating about Umrah booking Web Report/Riyadh Photo: Reuters file They denied rumours that they were two time periods in which Umrah reservations could be made. Saudi Arabian sources denied rumours that there were two time periods during which pilgrims could make reservations for Umrah; the first for the period (from 1-18 Ramadan) starting from 15 Sha'ban, and the second for the period (from 19-30 Ramadan) on the 15th of Ramadan. Also read: According to Al Bayan, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah warned those who received the Umrah permit from the Eat...